Brad Gilbert...what does he know ? For how many years now, has he been saying that Murray will win a Major ? BG jinxs players, his predictions are so stupid. He is a loud mouth who thinks because he coached players, he knows everything.

Tomic, Dimitrov, and Berankis all have potential. Hopefully one of them will amount to something since the ATP tour badly needs a real up and comer.

Hopefully Cilic will still make something more of himself, and Del Potro can come back strong too.

There is a major dearth of young talent in the ATP. The fact anyone even still cares about or talks about Donald Young says it all.

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They could all take a gander at Oudin, to learn how to compete. Of course, she has been playing like crap for the last year. Maybe she isn't a good example after all.

I think Cilic is in good shape. He could very well maximize his potential in the next 2 or 3 years. Del Potro is fine as well. Nothing but upside for him. Hell, he's already got a US Open title by taking out Federer. If he takes out Nadal in a final, he would be a god before he is 25.

i think tomic will be extremely successful when he is in the mid 20s... he may not be the most powerful guy, but is consistency and accuracy is better than his age. once his size builds up, and gains a few more pounds, hell be similar to djokovic or murray (depending on how he wants to play)

while on the other hand, we have ryan harrison. i think hell be just as successful as tomic because he plays like his life is on the line. hes a powerful, strong and tall serve and volleyer who has potential of becoming one of the best in the future

tomic seems to have a really bad attitude, and apparently his dad is a bit of a madman. from what i remember of his match with cilic last year, he kinda plays like murray, except without the speed, or the hands. really ugly service motion as well. has he fixed that?

Well Del Potro was pretty mediocre before he made his breakthrough summer of 2008. But DelPo also developed his game quite much, notably his serve, during that time. It's not impossible, there's certainly not a lot of young players coming up, if Tomic can get his head together who knows.

hahaha. Top 5??? 3 of those spots are already reservated (Nadal, Murray and Djoko). If DelPo gets back to his champion form that takes care of the fourth spot. So in a way he's saying that Tomic will beat the rest, without any proof that he can accomplish something of that nature.

Brad Gilbert...what does he know ? For how many years now, has he been saying that Murray will win a Major ? BG jinxs players, his predictions are so stupid. He is a loud mouth who thinks because he coached players, he knows everything.

Australia's teenage sensation Bernard Tomic announced that he will move abroad, either to the US or London, in the next three months, so he can continue developing his game as he begins his life as a professional tennis player.

After gaining a wildcard entry and making it to the Australian Open second round, Tomic believes he's ready to take on the men.
"Now that I'm becoming more of a name in Australia, I've got to take the opportunity to build my game and work hard and take it to the next level," Tomic said.

"My parents are looking at moving to either England or America in the next three or four months."

So if none of these top guys from this "born in the early 90s" age group have enough talent to reach the top 5, then will there even be a top 5 during the late 2010s and early 2020s? Or are the current top players still going to dominate?

hmm, I have to say I never imagined my first post on this forum would be in defense of Bernard bloody Tomic, but I have a couple of thoughts...

Firstly, whoever above called him a 'junkballer and a pusher etc etc' seems to me to be missing the point. tomic varies his pace. Ok, I'll say that again, 'cos I realise this is a largely alien concept here in ******* land, Tomic varies his pace
Which brings me to my second thought, widdle Bernie is different, very different. He simply doesn't play like the rest of the tour, and it remains to be seen if this turns out to be a good or a bad thing.